Vending-machine.



H. H. BRINKS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOK FILED AUG. 8, 1011v 8U8D Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1911 Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOLI FILED AUG.8, 1911 Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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- VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification oiLetters melt, Batentedgheb. 191 2;,

Application filedAugust 8, 1911, Serial No. 64?,9241,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HnnMA H. BRrNKs,

a citizenof. the United. States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Mi,chigan,"l ave invented; certain i'new and useful Improvements in Vending- Machines, of which the following is a specification. p I

My invention relates to improvementsin vending machines, and; has for; its leading obj ect. the provision, ofjan improved, vending" machine particularly adapted'for delivering I invention.

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. size is deposited therein.

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bottles, cigars or like tubular articles.

' The further object ofmy invention is "the provision in a vending machine of improved means for ejecting all coiiis notofgtheproper size and; for preventing operation of t'he. machine except when acoin ofthecorrect Another object of m y, invention is thepro; vision of an improved type of ejector for vending machines and of an improved-op erating mechanism therefor of such con}. struction as'to'beoperated by a direct push thereagainst but which cannot be operated without. breaking the machine unless the proper coin is first deposited.

. Other objects and advantages of my im proved vending'machine will-be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connection-with the ac companying drawings audit will b e-under stood that. I may make any modifications in the specific structure shown and described within the scope of'my claims without de; parting from or-exceeding the spirit of my Figure 1 represents a' front view of m i Fig. 2 repre sents a vertiealsectional view thereof on the Fig. 3 represents a similar view'to Fig. 2 with the parts shown in ejecting position. Fig. 4 represents a cross sectionalview' on the line 4-4 of Fig.

1. Fig. 5 represents a detailed-view of the slide levers. Fig. Gr'epresents a sectional view illustrating a modified construction of ejecting mechanism, and Fig. 7 represents -a' view'of the mechanism shown in Fig. (fat the completion of the ejecting operation;

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desired-1 nnmhee Qfsi perating; levers ndij on aining; ompartment 1 14. ztrolledg'; thereby. althgnjgh; I5 have; ill lfixatfidt but three in the drawings. Slidably. engagedf'beneath heflanges 1 1:

y y H lever 12; havingv n p r y e uter-Ema .13; o: facilitate grasping andoutward'drawing;ofg thedeyer,

In the drawings, the numeral L designates the inclosingcasing of my vending machine. rm" he p anding hopp r.- portion p o:

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the slide act iat said lever havingacoin receiving-aperture 14 formed therein near th innerendlof: its 'ftitnes within main portion. Disposed at; all the casing: 1 of my machine, 1s; the reduced portion 15. of; the lever 12 which terminates, at its. inner, endin. the laterally-extending wings or lnggr 16;, The lever; 12 is..'sli(l}1 hly l supported upon I the plate 1.0,- while, sup

ported at: the rear of; the lever 12 or aotuat; mg. lever; is the; operating leyegcomprising a crossbar 17;l1aying entending; for ward.

from itsendsthe armsi18-adapted' to span thewings 16 and. havingat-jt-heii endsthe inwardly projecting portions 119 adapted to fit against the reduced portio'n lfio f the lever 12,- In the use of thisactuatingmnd operating lever. the lever'12- is. pushed inward andfirs't telescopes with the arms 1):

of the crosspiece 17 untilthe innerjend of the lever 12v contacts with the cross .bar' 17.

dime or penny to drop therethrough and the a ertures 21 or size to permit a nickel to readi y fall through the same. Pivotallyt supported by the bracket 22 rising from the base is the gravity safety lever 23 having a depending head 24 which rides on the lever 12. When an attempt is made to force the lever 12 inward without a coin in the aperture 14, the end 24 will drop downward .through the aperture 14 and the aperture '20 which is disposed beneath the end 24 and the .lever 12.-will be locked against further ,inward'movement before it has dome into contact with the cross piece 17 The oper- .ationof the member 23 is"the-same when a penny is placed in theaperture 14, When, owever, a nickel 1s placed in the aperture l t the same willpass across the aperture 20 and by filling the aperture 14 will prevent th end 2: from locking the lever 12 against mover] 1 -and the leverwill consequently pass mwardj'to engage the-cross piece, the nickel dropping through the aperture-21 into the coin box or drawer 25.

In the preferred form of my invention, I. have. provided the vertical and inclined chute 26 for containing the bottles or articles. 7 to be vended by'my machine, said ably engagedin the depending portion of the bottom 32 of the chute and are adapted @to project across the chute to limit the downward movement of the bottles 7. To rock the links 28 to shift the said gates, I

pivot to the upstanding cars 34, of the cross piece 17 the operating links 35 which have their other ends pivoted to the lower ends of the gate links 28. As the cross piece is moved rearwardly the lower gate is drawn back to allow the bottle resting thereon to drop into the trough 6'while the other gate is moved forward to hold back the rest of the bottles, as is clearly shown in the drawings. 7 g

In the modified construction of my invention illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, in place of employing the gates, I rotatably mount on the rod 37 extending transversely of the machine the cylinder 38 disposed below the bottom or discharge end of the chute 126 and having a recess 39 formed in one side thereof. Said recess is'normally disposed below the chute to receive the lowermost bottle 7 therefrom. Eccentrically secured to the end of the cylinder is the lever 40 having pivoted to its forward end the lever 41 intermediately pivoted at 12 and connected with the intermediately pivoted lever 43 by the link 44. The lever 43 has its upper end pivoted to the depending cars 34 of the cross piece 17 and is rearwardly shifted thereby. To permit of slight movement of the lever 4:3, I form therein the slot 4E5 which allows of relative movement of the lever with respect to its pivot and prevents binding. Rocking of the levers 41'and 43 by movement of the ejector operating and actuating levers serves to rock the cylinder until its groove or recess 39 is in position to allow the bottle 7 to roll therefrom into the trough 6' as is-clearly illustrated in the drawings. j

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of my improved vending machine and actuating mechanismtherefor will be readily apparent, and it will be seen that I have pro- .vided a simple and practical vending machine having no delicate parts or springs toget out of order but which will serve to deliver an article such as a bottle of perfumery ora cigar when the correct coin is deposited but will eject coins of other than the proper size and prevent operation of the machine thereby v I claim:

1-. A vending machine comprising a casing, a guide plate secured therein and having a portion projecting forward there from, a sliding lever mounted on the guide plate, and having a projecting portion ridingon the projecting portion of the plate, the inner end of said lever being provided with laterally extending lugs, an operating lever telescopically engaging the inner end of the lever and operating said lugs to shift the operating lever. whereby an ejector constructed to allow a single article at a time to be discharged from the machine.

2. A vending machine comprising a easing, a guide plate secured therein and having a portion projecting forward therefrom, a-sliding lever mountedon the guide plate and having a projecting portion rid ing on the projection of the plate, said lever having a coin re'ceiving aperture formed therein, a plate having a plurality of apertures of difi'erent sizes Formed therein, said lever being provided with a reduced portion having formed at its ends laterally extending lugs, an actuating lever slidably mountcdupon the plate,'said lever consisting of a cross bar having oppositely disposed arms extending forwardly and provided with in wardly projecting portions, said lugs and reduced portion being spanned by the arms and telescopingly engaging in the operating In testimony whereof I aflix my signalever, an ejector constructed to allow a ture, in the presence of two witnesses. single article at a time to be discharged from the machine when the lever is shifted,

5 and a gravity locking-member ada ted to force coins of Wrong denominations t lrough Witnesses: the, apertures of the lever and plate and to ANNA VANDER MOERE, lock the levelagainst inward movement. FLORA INGELL.

HERMAN H. PRINKS. 

